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The Film Diarist

Bil

I write about movies because, let's face it, who doesn't.

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Latest Issues

The Daily Reel: August 23, 2026

Mutiny

Jean-François Richet, 2026

Rating: BBB.5

Cast: Jason Statham, Annabelle Wallis, Jason Wong, Roland Møller, Arnas Fedaravicius, Adrian Lester, Ramon Tikaram, Chaneil Kular, Simon Kluth

Everyone knows that when you need to kill...

5 days ago

The Films of Jane Campion

My first auteur! I was an incredibly ridiculous teenager when I first saw The Piano and became obsessed with it, going so far as to try to stop talking (a real miracle for me). I was so in love with its director’s artistry that, for the onl...

6 days ago
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The Daily Reel: August 21, 2026

At The Place Of Ghosts

Sk+te’kmujue’katik

Bretten Hannam, 2025

Rating: BBB.5

Cast: Blake Alec Miranda, Forrest Goodluck, Brandon Oakes, Glen Gould

Childhood trauma takes hold of us and unless we release ourselves from our own guilt...

7 days ago

The Daily Reel: August 20, 2026

Propeller One-Way Night Coach

John Travolta, 2026

Rating: B

Cast: Clark Shotwell, Kelly Eviston-Quinnett, Ella Bleu Travolta, Olga Hoffmann, John Travolta

Brian Kellow wrote a terrific biography of 1970s superagent Sue Mengers called...

8 days ago
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The Films of Nicole Holofcener

My teenage discovery of Woody Allen movies gave me a love of intellectual New York movies that has never left me, a style of film whose pleasures were continued by the likes of Nora Ephron, Noah Baumbach and many like them (just give me fun...

9 days ago

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